id: 125901
accession number: 1948.141
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Torso of Amenpayom, probably 200–100 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Granodiorite; overall: 96.4 x 32.3 x 28.6 cm (37 15/16 x 12 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1948.141
title: Torso of Amenpayom
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creation date: probably 200–100 BCE
creation date earliest: -200
creation date latest: -100
current location: 107 Egyptian
creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund
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culture: Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
technique: granodiorite
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 96.4 x 32.3 x 28.6 cm (37 15/16 x 12 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts
opening date: 1949-09-30T04:00:00
Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).
title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00
In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
title: Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period
opening date: 1960-10-18T04:00:00
Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (October 18, 1960-January 9, 1961).
title: Age of the Pharaohs
opening date: 1974-04-08T04:00:00
Age of the Pharaohs. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (April 8-June 16, 1974).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt
opening date: 2016-03-13T05:00:00
Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 13-June 12, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period 700 B.C. to A.D. The Brooklyn Museum, (18 October 1960-9 January 1961).', 'opening_date': '1960-10-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Age of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Art from American Collections. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (8 April-16 June 1974).', 'opening_date': '1974-04-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Cleopatra's Egypt: Age of the Ptolemies. The Brooklyn Museum (7 October 1988 - 2 January 1989); The Detroit Institute of Arts (14 February - 30 April 1989); Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany (8 June - 10 September 1989).", 'opening_date': '1989-02-14T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Said to have come from Tanis
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Paul Mallon, Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -1948
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
date: 1948-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Wunderlich, Silvia A. "Diorite Torso of a General." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 36, no. 6 (1949)
page number: 99-101, and Cover
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141559
Ranke, Hermann. "The Statue of a Ptolemaic ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ of the Mendesian Nome in the Cleveland Museum of Art." Journal of the American Oriental Society 73, no. 4 (1953).
page number: pp. 193-98, with 1 pl
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/594853
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 9
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n18
Cleveland Museum of Art. In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [Catalogue. 1958.
page number: No. 219
url: https://archive.org/details/LeonardCHanna
Brooklyn Museum. Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, 700 B.C. to A.D. 100. 1960.
page number: No. 97
url:
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Martha L. Carter. Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1963.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: back cover
url: https://archive.org/details/EgyptianArt_80670/page/n19
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n30
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n28
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Arielle P. Kozloff. An Introduction to the Art of Egypt in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: [The Museum], 1970.
page number: p. 18
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Los Angeles County Museum. Age of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Art from American Collections. An Exhibition Checklist for Students, April 4-June 16, 1974. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974.
page number: No. 2
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
page number: No. 2
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Meulenaere, Herman de, and Pierre A. MacKay. Mendes II. Warminster, Eng: Aris & Phillips, 1976.
page number: p. 199, no. 61, pl. 24
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 17
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n37
Kozloff, Arielle P. "The Egyptian Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art." American Research Center in Egypt. Newsletter. 125 (Spring 1984).
page number: pp. 4-13, illus. p. 7
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Chevereau, Pierre-Marie, and Jean Yoyotte. Prosopographie des cadres militaires égyptiens de la Basse Epoque carrières militaires et carrières sacerdotales en Egypte du XIe au IIe siècle avant J.-C. Paris: Cybèle, 1985.
page number: pp. 190-91
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Fazzini, Richard A., and Robert Steven Bianchi. Cleopatra's Egypt: Age of the Ptolemies. [Brooklyn, N.Y.]: Brooklyn Museum, 1988.
page number: No. 26
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Wildung, Dietrich, and Sylvia Schoske. Kleopatra: Ägypten um die Zeitenwende : Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 16. Juni-10. September 1989. Mainz: P. von Zabern, 1989.
page number: No. 26
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n25
Berman, Lawrence M. "La Collection Egyptienne du Cleveland Museum of Art." Bulletin de la Société française d'égyptologie 134 (October 1995).
page number: p. 23, fig. 4
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Mission française des fouilles de Tanis, Philippe Brissaud, Christiane Zivie-Coche, and Christiane Zivie-Coche. Tanis: travaux récents sur le tell Sân el-Hagar. Paris: Noêsis, 1998.
page number: pp. 214-15, & 219, figs. 39-41
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Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page number: Reproduced: p.460-2; Mentioned: p. 461-3
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and David Franklin. The Cleveland Museum of Art. London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd, 2012.
page number: pp. 14-15
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Franklin, David. The Cleveland Museum of Art. London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2012.
page number: Reproduced: p. 14 - 15
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 76
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Vandenbeusch, Marie, Aude Semat, and Margaret Maitland. Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt. 2016.
page number: p. 164, fig. 76
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Cafici, Giorgia. The Egyptian Elite As Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture. 2021.
page number: Mentioned: p. 127, note 459; p. 128, note 468.
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